Great Yarmouth Borough Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Great Yarmouth
What transport evidence a Great Yarmouth planning application needs, the parking standards that apply, and the policies an assessment should address.
Which document do you need?
National policy asks for a Transport Statement or a Transport Assessment wherever a development will generate significant amounts of movement.
Transport Statement
A shorter document for smaller schemes where transport issues are limited: access, parking, trips and sustainable travel.
Transport Assessment
A full assessment for larger schemes: trip generation, network impact, junction capacity and mitigation.
Parking standards
Great Yarmouth Borough Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Great Yarmouth Local Plan 2024-2042, Policy SUT2: Parking provision for new developmentsAdopted 24 September 2026Confirmed as the current standard on 10 November 2026
Policies your assessment should address
The transport policies of the development plan documents in the summary panel. A neighbourhood plan, or a plan for one part of Great Yarmouth, may also apply to your site.
Great Yarmouth Local Plan 2024-2042
- OSS4Infrastructure Provision
- SUT1Sustainable transport
- SUT2Parking provision for new developments
This page summarises adopted policy and links to the source documents. It is not legal advice: always confirm a figure against the adopted document before relying on it.